Activating aluminum reactivity with fluoropolymer coatings for improved energetic composite combustion

J McCollum, ML Pantoya, ST Iacono - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Aluminum (Al) particles are passivated by an aluminum oxide (Al2O3) shell. Energetic
blends of nanometer-sized Al particles with liquid perfluorocarbon-based oxidizers such as …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of mechanical and corrosion behavior of multi-pass nickel-aluminum bronze fabricated through wire-arc directed energy deposition

X Cai, M Yang, Y Rui, Z Wang, J Zhou, F Xue - Additive Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a multi-pass nickel-aluminum bronze (NAB) layer was deposited on a steel
surface by wire-arc directed energy deposition (DED). The study then comparatively …

The growth and nanothermite reaction of 2Al/3NiO multilayer thin films

MJ Abere, MT Beason, RV Reeves… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT Nanothermite NiO–Al is a promising material system for low gas emission heat
sources; yet, its reactive properties are highly dependent on material processing conditions …

Metallurgical and mechanical characterization of low carbon steel—stainless steel dissimilar joints made by laser autogenous welding

E Scutelnicu, M Iordachescu, CC Rusu, D Mihailescu… - Metals, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses the metallurgical and mechanical characterization of dissimilar joints
made by laser autogenous welding between thin sheets of low-carbon steel (CS) and …

Adjust dilution level to suppress the precipitated phase by dilution level model of dissimilar metal laser welding with filler wire

B Cheng, D Wu, J Liu, Q Cui, S Zhou, G Ma… - Optics & Laser …, 2020 - Elsevier
To suppress the precipitated phase by adjusting the dilution level of 304 in the dissimilar
metal (Hastelloy C-276/SUS 304) laser welding with filler wire, a mathematical model was …

Manipulating polymer decomposition to alter burn performance in aluminium/poly (vinylidene fluoride) filaments

JW Strutton, M Knott, JA Bencomo… - Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Filaments composed of aluminium powder and poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) were
produced by melt‐processing to investigate the effect of particle size and loading on …

[PDF][PDF] Recent achievements and trends in laser welding of thin plates

D Iordachescu, M Blasco, R Lopez… - Journal of …, 2011 - alefphotonics.com
Laser technologies and laser welding started a new technological age in the last decades of
the 20th century, due to clear advantages for industry, namely high precision, high …

A slice of an aluminum particle: Examining grains, strain and reactivity

J McCollum, DK Smith, KJ Hill, ML Pantoya… - Combustion and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Micron-scale aluminum (Al) particles are plagued by incomplete combustion that inhibits
their reactivity. One approach to improving reactivity is to anneal Al particles to increase …

Thermal characterization and kinetic analysis of nano‐and micro‐Al/NiO thermites: Combined experimental and molecular dynamics simulation study

M Fathollahi, H Azizi‐Toupkanloo - Journal of the Chinese …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In the experimental part of this study, thermal properties of the Al and NiO composites in
micro‐and nano‐sized Al are investigated. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis …

Molecular dynamics simulation of Al/NiO thermite reaction using reactive force field (ReaxFF)

H Azizi Toupkanloo, M Fathollahi - Physical Chemistry Research, 2017 - physchemres.org
In this work, the thermal reaction of aluminum (Al) and nickel oxide (NiO) was investigated
by molecular dynamics simulations. Some effective features of reaction such as reaction …